Meanings
- uncountableThe use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.
And in each case, they spoke about how the old tools of information warfare—radio channels, television shows, leaflets, letters—have now been joined by digital tools that make it more powerful.
2018, Carl Miller, chapter 6, in The Death of the Gods […] , William Heinemann, →ISBNSynonyms: infowar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic حَرْب مَعْلُومَات
- حَرْب مَعْلُومَات (ḥarb maʕlūmāt)use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Bulgarian информацио́нна война́
- информацио́нна война́ (informaciónna vojná)use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Chinese Mandarin 信息戰 /信息战, 資訊戰 /资讯战
- 信息戰 /信息战 (xìnxī zhàn)use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
- 資訊戰 /资讯战 (zīxùnzhàn)use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Czech informační válka
- informační válkause of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Dutch informatieoorlog
- informatieoorloguse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Estonian infosõda
- infosõdause of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Finnish informaatiosodankäynti
- informaatiosodankäyntiuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
French guerre de l'information, infoguerre
- guerre de l'informationuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
- infoguerreuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
German Informationskrieg
- Informationskrieguse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Hebrew לוחמת מידע
- לוחמת מידעuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Hindi सूचना संग्राम
- सूचना संग्राम (sūcnā saṅgrām)use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Italian guerra dell'informazione
- guerra dell'informazioneuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Japanese 情報戦
- 情報戦 (jōhōsen)use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Korean 정보전
- 정보전 (jeongbojeon)use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Latvian informācijas karš
- informācijas karšuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Lithuanian informacinis karas
- informacinis karasuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Norwegian informasjonskrigføring
- informasjonskrigføringuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Persian جنگ اطلاعاتی
- جنگ اطلاعاتیuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Polish wojna informacyjna
- wojna informacyjnause of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Portuguese guerra da informação
- guerra da informaçãouse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Romanian război informațional
- război informaționaluse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Russian информацио́нная война́
- информацио́нная война́ (informaciónnaja vojná)use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Slovak informačná vojna
- informačná vojnause of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Spanish guerra de la información, infoguerra
- guerra de la informaciónuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
- infoguerrause of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Turkish bilgi savaşı
- bilgi savaşıuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Ukrainian інформаці́йна війна́
- інформаці́йна війна́ (informacíjna vijná)use of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Vietnamese chiến tranh thông tin
- chiến tranh thông tinuse of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent
Cite this entry
information warfare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/information%20warfare
“information warfare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/information%20warfare. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “information warfare,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/information%20warfare.
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